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Diablo 3 Season 22 'Shades of the Nephalem' Now Live

Well it went live over the weekend, but Diablo III Season 22 'Shades of the Nephalem' is now live with the theme bringing powerful Shadow Clones (modeled after popular builds) to fight along side you whenever you activate a Shrine or Pylon. It doesn't stop there though as a fourth Kanai's Cube slot has also been added - just in case you needed another additional, and sizeable, damage buff.

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Shadows of the Past: Activating a Shrine/Pylon will spawn in a shadow clone of your class. This clone will randomly have 1 out of 3 predetermined builds. This clone's power will scale with your character and will last for 1 minute or if your character dies.

Kanai’s Cube: Kanai’s Cube will have a fourth slot this season. This fourth slot will have the choices of the first 3 slots but will not stack with any of them. The intent is to provide players with creative flexibility to their character builds.
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The new Season is also offering up a reward for those that complete the Season Journey - a very cool Book of Cain pet and the Lost Civilization Portrait Frame.

The new season arrives alongside Diablo III Patch 2.6.10 which includes a number of buffs to existing sets, and even a couple of new items.

• (New Item) Gelmindor’s Marrow Guards:

Bone Spear cast from Simulacrums deal 300-400% increased damage.

Ivory Tower:

[/b] Rapid multiple blocks will now scale the damage for Fires of Heaven, up to a maximum of 2.5 times damage.

Mantle of Channeling:

[/b] Removed the 1-second start up before the power takes effect.

The Twisted Sword:

[/b] The Twisted Sword: Energy Twister damage is increased by 125-150% for each Energy Twister you have out up to a maximum of 5. The Raging Storm rune is automatically applied to Energy Twister and allows the tornado to merge with 3 additional Energy Twisters.

Etched Sigil:

[/b] While channeling Arcane Torrent, Disintegrate, or Ray of Frost, the damage of your Energy Twister is increased by 200-250%, and you also cast Energy Twister every second.

Fragment of Destiny:

[/b] Your Signature Spells attack 50% faster and deal triple damage. You gain a Spectral buff whenever you land an attack with a Signature Spell. Hydras deal 20-30% increased damage for each Spectral stack. Max 10 stacks.

Valthek's Rebuke:

[/b] Energy Twister now travels in a straight path and deals 300-400% increased damage.

Winter Flurry:

[/b] Enemies killed by Cold damage have a 25% chance to release a Frost Nova. Your Hydra deals 125-150% increased damage to enemies in a Blizzard.

Wizardspike:

[/b] Performing an attack has a 25% chance to hurl a Frozen Orb. Arcane Orb deals 300-350% increased damage.

Delsere's Magnum Opus:

[/b] 6-piece bonus increased from 8500% to 12500%.

The Typhon's Veil:

[/b] 6-piece bonus increased from 1300% to 2000%.

Norvald's Fervor:

[/b] Increased 2-piece bonus damage from 100% to 400%

Armor of Akkhan:

[/b] Increased 6-piece bonus damage from 1500% to 2000%

Roland's Legacy:

[/b] Increased 4-piece bonus damage from 13,000% to 17,500%

Seeker of the Light:

[/b] Increased 6-piece Blessed Hammer bonus damage from 12,000% to 15,000%

Belt of the Trove:

[/b] Every 4 seconds, call down Bombardment on a random nearby enemy. Bombardment deals 400-500% increased damage.

Mortal Drama:

[/b] Double the number of Bombardment impacts. Bombardement deals 400-500% increased damage.

Thorns of The Invoker:

[/b] 2-Piece bonus decreased from 350% to 90% and has a cap of 10 stacks. 6-piece bonus increased from 15,000% to 67,500% and increased attack speed bonus from 50% to 100%.

Manajuma's Way:

[/b] Angry Chicken explosion damage increased from 400% to 2000%. Manajuma's Way now includes a third legendary affix, which allows angry chicken to spawn a chicken that seeks enemies every second that deals 25% of the angry chicken's explosion damage.

(New Item) Ursua's Trodden Effigy:

[/b] New Witch Doctor Legendary Mojo. Zombie Charger deals 100-150% increased damage. The Zombie Bears rune now summons 8 bears that travel farther.

Spirit of Arachyr:

[/b] Increased 6-piece bonus damage from 9000% to 17,500%.

Helltooth Harness:

[/b] Increased 6-piece bonus damage from 9000% to 17,500%.

Scrimshaw:

[/b] Reduces the Mana cost of Zombie Charger by 75% and increases its damage by 6-7 times.

Inna's Mantra:

[/b] Increased 6-piece bonus damage from 750% to 950%.

Shenlong's Spirit:

[/b] Damage bonus increased from 200% to 350%.

Uliana's Strategem Set:

[/b] Now has 77% damage reduction for 7 seconds after applying Exploding Palm.

Gungdo Gear:

[/b] Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm. Exploding Palm's damage is increased by 75-100%.

Blade of the Tribes:

[/b] War Cry and Threatening Shout cause an Avalanche and Earthquake. Avalanche and Earthquake both deal 600-800% increased damage. Consolidated Blade of the Tribes Earthquake affix into the new legendary affix so that it's no longer two affixes that buff Earthquake.
Diablo III Season 22 is live now across PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch - with the game also fully playable and supported on PS5 and Xbox Series X. [img]{LINK REMOVED}http://www.ausgamers.com/gameres/7217/images/695/d3demonhunter.jpg[/img][img]{LINK REMOVED}http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ausgamers/news/~4/wP8IM7eAOkE[/img]